Improvement in gates



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BYRON-SNYDER.

- Improvement in Gates. .No', 119,421

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BYRON SNYDER, OF CLINTON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming partof Letters PatentNo. 119,421, dated September26, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON SNYDER, of Olinton, in the county of Rock andState of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFarm-Gates; andI do declare that the following is a true and accuratedescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing andto the letters of reference marked there on, and being a part of thisspecification, in which my invention is shown in perspective.

The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in theconstruction of that class of farm-gates which is capable of beingopened and closed by the occupant of a vehicle without dismounting forthat purpose; and it consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the several parts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A A represent the gate-posts,

. tothe former of which a heel-post, B, is hinged by pintles a. G is aframed gate, the rear or inner upright b of which is held against theouter face of the heel-post by straps c passing around the latter, butin such a way that the gate'may three posts being provided with twostaples, or

preferably with pulleys, as shown. F is a forked brace, so secured byhooks or pins to the heelpost B that itmay have a slight radial movementwhile projecting diagonally rearward therefrom.

A latch-bar, G, connects the outer extremity of the brace with thelatch-bolt d. H is a post erected at the side of the road, against whichthe gate swings when opened. It is provided with a gravity-latch, e,which engages with' the projeeting end of the latch-bolt d and retainsthe gate when opened. A similar latch, e, is pivoted to the gate-post Aand looks it when closed.

The rear end of the latch-bar being elevated, the

latch-bolt (1 into the socket or mortise in the end upright of the gate,when the continued pulling swings the gate open, releasing the cord asit approaches the post H, whose latch 6 will engage with the latch-bolt.I is a cord, one end of which is secured to the extremity of the brace,while the other is led through a pulley on the near side of the post;thence across to a second pulley on the post E, its pendent end beingweighted as the other. To close the gate, passing through it iI'rom theother direction, pull down on the cord which, swinging the bracea'little, pushes the latch-bolt outward a little, until a notch in itsupper surface comes under the latch 6, when the continuedpulling' causesit to shut against thepostA, whose latch looks it, as above mentioned. JJ are similar cords, in like manner arranged on the posts D and E,except that the cord J is attached to the latch-bar about midway of itslength, so that when pulled to open the gate it will draw back thelatch-bolt.

The advantages of this gate are, first, the ease with which it isoperated second, the adjustability of the gate onthe heel-post, wherebyit may be raised above the snow in winter, or to let hogs and sheep passunder it; and, third, its cheapness in cost and durability in service.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The construction and arrangement of the posts A A, D, E E, and H, theheel-post B, hinged to the post A, and carrying the adjustable gate 0,the brace F, latch-bar G, latch-bolt d, latches e e, and weighted cordsI, I, J, and J, all arranged and operating with relation to each otheras herein described, for the purpose specified.

BYRON SNYDER.

Witnesses: 1

F. S. THOMAS,

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